Melbourne Demons: Anything Is Possible - Finals 2021

17 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

The year is 1988. We scraped into the finals, beat WCE by a bee's proverbial, then comfortably won our way to the GF. Who's there waiting for us? One of the great teams of the era. The powerful Hawks. Carlton had upset them the year before ... maybe this year an upset is on the cards?

No such luck. They drummed us into the ground and kept drumming. Game over at 1/4 time. Disaster.

The year is 2000. Nice high finish on the ladder ... no scraping in this time. The historic comeback against Carlton, who really should have had no problem dispatching us comfortably. On to the grand final. Who's there waiting for us? One of the great teams of the era. The powerful Bombers.  Dogs beat them in a freakish upset near season's end. Maybe we can too?

No such luck. EFC then proceeded to take us apart the same way they'd done to sides all year.  Game over at 1/4 time. Disaster.

 

 

Each time it felt like boys versus men. And we suffered the likely outcome.

 

 

The year is 2021. The Mighty MFC is the best team for the H/A season, having beaten all the top sides.

This time it's different. This time we're in the box seat. Our team is settled, our style is solid, our boys are confident. We have genuine stars on every line.

This is the year.

 

And remember in both years, we finished six games behind Hawthorn and seven behind Essendon.

This year, we’ve finished behind no one.

What I also learnt from those years is that these opportunities aren’t guaranteed. While a bright future and ‘our turn’ were promised after both, neither of those incarnations got back to the big dance ever again.

The 2018 PF was a huge opportunity lost as well for this version of the MFC.

Tonight is the night. Let’s make it count!

Edited August 28, 20214 yr by Colin B. Flaubert